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disinclination

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of disinclination

1 a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something

  • itʼs an understatement to say that our dog shows a disinclination to get into the car to go to the vet
Synonyms of disinclination

hesitance, hesitancy, reluctance, reticence, unwillingness
Words Related to disinclination

faltering, fence-sitting, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shallying, staggering, vacillation, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)

distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty
Near Antonyms of disinclination

assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety
Antonyms of disinclination

inclination, willingness

2 a strong feeling of not liking or approving

  • a strong disinclination for Brussels sprouts since birth
Synonyms of disinclination

allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, dislike, disliking, disrelish, down [chiefly British], mislike
Words Related to disinclination

disgust, distaste, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion

abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, detestation, execration, hate, hatred

deprecation, disapproval, displeasure, dissatisfaction

jaundice
Near Antonyms of disinclination

affection, attachment, devotedness, devotion, love, passion

bent, leaning, penchant, predilection, propensity, tendency
Antonyms of disinclination

appetite, favor, fondness, like, liking, partiality, preference, relish, shine, taste, use

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